Names
The Seeing Place in Ancient Greek
What is Theatron?
Early in the history of this tradition women played a major role, even as company manager. Throughout its history women remained onstage.
What is commedia dell'arte?
Auto sacramentales were typically performed on these kinds of stages?
What are carros or carts/wagons?
A stock character in commedia dell'arte that is typically unmasked.
What is... Colombina or Inamorati/a/o?
The great mother mask in the Gelede festival
Who is Iyanla?
One 24-hour period, no place you can’t travel to within that time period, and a single plot with no sub plots.
What are the three unities?
This Sanskrit theatre-based tradition is a dance-drama where the actors portraying characters do not speak, but use highly codified gestures and facial expressions.
What is Kathakali?
Number of years needed to master puppeteering of the feet and legs in Bunraku.
What is 10 years?
"Healing speech" that channels nyama, a spiritual force. It's healing powers are enhanced by singing.
What is kuma?
Ancient Sanskrit text detailing the art of "drama-science"
What is the Natyasastra?
Drama during this era in China, featured a lead singing role in each of four acts and was, at times, a weapon of the dispossessed Confucian scholars to critique their foreign rulers.
What is the Yuan era or Yuan drama?
Early Kunqu troupes performed in these types of public spaces?
What are temples or teahouses?
Aside from being skilled musician-singers, the jelimuso also fulfills this role in Malinke culture
What is historian/genealogist?
The word for imitation that is at the heart of Aristotle's definition of drama- the imitation of an action.
What is mimesis?
17th-century priestess and founder of the first Kabuki troupe.
Who is Okuni?
What rulers of Edo-era Japan were most concerned with about Kabuki Theatre
What are class mingling and social rebellion?
System of compensation used by commedia dell'arte troupes as well as the Lord Chamberlain's men in the 1500 and 1600s
What is the sharing system?
Moros y Cristianos performances typically begin with this
What is verbal dueling and boasting?
Zeami used this metaphor to theorize the ephemeral qualities of a great performance and maintaining talent as a performer
What is Hana (Flower)?
Mythical king who is attributed as the author of The Little Clay Cart
Sudraka
Name of the pseudonym used by the Archbishop of Puebla who Sor Juana addressed in her famous letters arguing for women's rights.
What is Sor Filotea?
According to recent historiography, this was likely performed on the second day of the City Dionysia festival.
What are dithyrambs?
This 17th to 18th-century playwright expressed their aesthetic philosophy as, "Art is something that lies in the slender margin between the real and the unreal."
Who is Chikamatsu Monzaemon?
The female aspect of the dynamic gendered principles that must be balanced in Jeli/muso storytelling Malinke culture
What is Badenya?